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I 10.547,394. PIE: EPentea oct. 15, 1895".

I WITNESSES;

Attorney.

Nrrn 'STATES WILLIAM OsOAR sHADnoLT,

Prion.

, WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 547,894, dated. October I 1895.

Application tiled February 21, 1895 To all vwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM OscAR SHAD- BOLT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county-of Kings and State of New York,.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagons, of which the'i'ollowingv is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of wagons such as are commonly employed in the delivery of coal and the like, and more especially to that species of such wagons wherein the body or bed of, the wagon does not tilt, the material flowing out by gravity over the normally-inclined bottom. i5. One important characteristic of the invention is the body of 'the wagon provided with a bottom, the front and rearparts of which arein different planes-that is to say, the rear portion is quite sharply inclined and the front zo portion is level, or much less sharply inclined. The purpose of this'construction will be fully explained hereinafter.

Other characteristics of the invention are comprised in conveniences for delivering the material of the load` and for weighing the same at the time of delivery, all as will be hereinafter described.

In lthe accompanying drawings, which illustrate embodimentsof the invention, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the wagon adapted for peddling, the rear portion being in side elevation. Fig.. 2 is a rear end elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan of the rear end or portion ofthe wagon-body. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the adaptation for delivery of the load with chutes. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig'. 4, showing a wagon-body with a single outlet for the coal or other material, the body not being partitioned. Fig. 6 is a sectional'. 4o view ofv the wagon-body, similar to Fig. lgbut showing a slightly-different arrangement of the sections of the bottom.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, A represents the wagon-body as a whole, B the axles, and C the wheels. The bottom of the body A is composed of two parts or sectionsnamely, the front section a and rear section a". The front section is slightly inclined or sloped downward toward the rear until it meets the Ifront end of the-rear section, and the latter is much more sharply inclined, so that the coal will be discharged freely. Heretofore it has been the custom to incline the entire bottom ofthe body sharply, so that the Serial No. 539.216. (No model.)`

coal will flow out by force of gravity, but this` $5 construction has two objectionable features.

It reduces the capacity of the body very materially, owing to` the shallow depth at the front end, and it throws a great excess of weight on the rear axle and wheels. My con- 6o struction obviates these diliiculties by materially increasing the depth and weight over the front axle and wheels, and at thesame time it does not materially alect the'selfdumping qualities of the wagon. Wliere the wagon is designed for peddling coal from house to house, the continued jolting of the wagon willcause the coalto slide v down from front to rear and discharge allfof tlie.4 load. Where thel wagon is not arranged ord'esigned 7o for peddling and the ,entire load is to b e discharged at one point, the coal will owout until that at the front end stands at about thefangle indicated by the dotted line z in Figs. 1 and 6. The coal remaining in front 75 of this line may then be shoveled into the rear end of the 'body at one shoveling operation and be dumped by gravity. The front section q. of the bottom might be level, as shown in Fig. 6, and especially where the wagon is 8o designed' for delivering an entire load at one point. For a peddling-wagon I lprefer to` inl eline the front section a. The two sections.

of the bottom may also be joined by a curve or attened pa'rt, as indicated at e* in Fig. '6. 85

Respecting the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, which is especially designed .for peddlers use, the wagon-body is represented as divided lengthwise by a partition a', so that coal of two grades may be transported at 9o the same time, and the tail-gate b is furnished with two delivery devices, one for each compartment. The delivery d'evicecon-- sists of a sheet-metal spout c at a gate-opening in the tail-board, this gate-opening being closed-'byeJ slide d, mounted in keepers and provided with an operating-leger e, Fig. 2, fulcr-umed on the tal-board and furnished'l with a ratcheted keeper f to hold it elevated.

In Fig. 2 the slided at the right is represented :oo as partly raised. It may be raised more or less to deliver the coal rapidly or slowly.

In order that thecoal may be weighed as delivered into a basket, bag, or other receptacle, I provide o-n'fthe tail-board suitable 1o 5 keeper-bearings g, in which'may beset the upright stem of a crane h, provided with a hook on its arm to receive a scale t' and bail or either of the two spouts by swinging it to one sideor the other. The coal may be delivered by chutes either placed iu line with the axis of the wagon-bod y or at any angle thereto. To permit this the wagon is provided with delivery devices, which will now be described.

Under the rear portion of the wagon-body is fixed a casing m to receive chute-sections n. (Seen in plan in Figs. 4 and 5.) These are shallow sheet-metal spouts. On each side of the casing m are secured keepers o to receive slide-bars p, each of which has a hook q at its outer end and stops or shoulders rr at intervals to limit the extent to which the slidebars are to be drawn out and to serve as stops. Fig. 4 illustrates the arrangement and use of the slide-bars and chutes 'n with a wagon having two spouts, the bars p in that case coming substantially under the middle of the respective sponts o. The full lines show the delivery at right angles to the axis of the wagon from one spout and the dotted lines show the delivery from the other spout in line with the axis of the spout c. The hook on the slide-bar p engages a hole n* in the chutesection near one end of the same.

In Fig. 5 the full lines show the chute n, arranged for delivery in line with the wagonaxis and the dotted lines show the lateral delivery. Where the delivery is in line with the wagon-axis, the chute n is hooked onto a hook s, fixed in the Wagon-frame under the spente, and where the delivery is lateral one ot' the slide-bars p is drawn ont to the proper extent and the chute n hooked onto it. The dotted lines in Fig. 5 show Vthe construction and arrangement clearly. I may say that by drawing out the bars p until the hooks in the ends thereof are about on a line with the end of the spoutc a-sack may be suspendedtherefrom to ,receive coal delivered from 'the spout. This is merely one of the uses of the Joars p, and I have not illustrated it.

The construction of the running-gears of the wagon has no relation to my invention, and I have not deemed it necessary to fully illustrate it in the several figures. I have shown the upper part of the tail-board of the wagon as hinged to the lower portion and adapted to be let down; but this has no relation to my invention and is not essential to it.

WhatI have called hook q, on the extremity of the slide-bar p, may as well be called a stud or pin. It is merely a device for detachably coupling the chute or a receptacle to the bar. Any device adapted .to effect this object will serve.

, Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A wagon-body provided with a bottoni the front and rear parts of which are in different planes, the rear part being steeply inclined toward the rear for gravity dumping, 'substantially as set forth.

2. A wagon-body having a bottom the front and rear parts of which are inclined toward the rear at diierent angles, that at the rear being most inclned,substantially as set forth.

3. A wagon-body having a bottom the front and rear parts of which are in dill'erent planes, the rear part being steeply inclined, and hav ing a longitudinal partition with outlets for the material from each compari ment, substantially as set forth.

4'. Awagon-body having an inclined bottom for gravity dumping, a partition which divides the body longitudinally into compari.- ments, a delivery-spout and cut-olf in the tailgate for each compartment, a crane mounted to rotate in bearings on the tail-gate between said outlets, aud a scale and shackle suspended from said crane and adapted to support a receptacle under either of the two deliveryspouts, substantially as set forth.

5. A wagon-body having an inclined bottom forgravity dumping, a tail-gate provided with a gate-opening, a slide d, controlling said opening, a lever e, fulcrumed ou the tail-gate and coupled to said slide, a ratcheted keeper f, in which said lever is adapted to play, and a. delivery-spout, at said gate-opening, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with a wagon-body, provided with a delivery-spout and cnt-off slide, of the box-like casing m, fixed under the wagon-body for the storage of chutes and provided with keepers o, on its respective sides, and the slide-bars p, mounted' in the said keepers as shown, each of said bars having an upwardly turned hook, q, on its outer end and stops, r, at intervals, adapted to engage the keepers and limit the extent of projection of the bars, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. y

7. The combination with a wagon-body provided with a delivery-spout and cutoff slide, of a casing fixed in position under the wagonbody and having substantially parallel sides, two slide-bars mounted in keepers on the respective sides of said casing'and furnished with hooks at their Iouter ends to support a chute-section, and the said chute-section proi vided with an aperture in its bottom nearts end to engage the hooks on the said bars, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twofsubserihing witnesses.

WILLIAM OSCAR SIIADBOLT.v

Witnesses: f

HENRY CONNETT, JAS. KING TIFT" IOO los 

